Online Data Entry
Enter and explore FrogWatch USA data online! Go to the FrogWatch USA website to access tutorials and get
started: www.aza.org/current-frogwatch-volunteers.
Register and Log In: Step 1
Returning Volunteers: You already have an account linked to your email address if you are a returning
FrogWatch USA volunteer. Click on the “Login” link at the top right of the screen, type in the email address you
used previously, and create a new password by clicking the “Forgot Your Password” link.
New Volunteers: New volunteers will create an account and register. Click on the “Login” link at the top right of
the screen and click the “New to FieldScope? Click Here to Register” link.
New
Volunteer
Returning
Volunteer
Register and Log In: Step 2
Returning Volunteers:
After clicking on the “Forgot Your Password?
Click Here to Recover” link, a “Reset
Password” dialog box will appear. Enter the
email address you previously used and click
the “Reset Password” button. Another
dialogue box will appear and an email
confirmation will be sent. Follow the email
instructions to finish resetting your password.
New Volunteers:
After clicking on the “Click Here to Register” link, a
registration dialog box will appear. Fill out all fields, scroll
to review for completion and accuracy, and click the
“Register” button. You will see a pop-up and receive an
email to activate your account. Follow the instructions to
finish registering your account.
FrogWatch USA’s online data entry, mapping, and analysis system is powered by FieldScope (frogwatch.fieldscope.org/v3),
a platform developed by the National Geographic Society for citizen science projects like FrogWatch USA.
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Locate or Register a FrogWatch USA Monitoring Site
Getting Started:
Once logged in, there are multiple entry points for entering data by locating an existing FrogWatch USA site or
registering a new one. New and returning FrogWatch USA volunteers can click:
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“ENTER DATA”
located under the
“What would you like
to do?” section; or
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“My Locations” under
the “My Project
Content” section.
Click an existing
station name or the
“Add a new location”
link to proceed.
Review an Existing Site:
Click the “My Locations” tab under “My Project Content”
or click the “Select Existing Station” tab from
“ENTER DATA PROGRESS”.
• A list of sites registered to each returning volunteer
can be viewed in the drop-down beneath “Select from
a list of my stations”.
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If you wish to make observations at another site, or if
a site you already monitor is not listed, click the button
by “Select from a list of all stations” to search the
drop-down, navigate to its location and click on the
map, or email [email protected].
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“Flag” a site if you wish to request changes to a site
not originally registered by you, or if it should be
deleted.
Register a New Site:
New volunteers, or returning volunteers who wish to
register a new site, should navigate to the “Create New
Station” tab.
• Give your site a unique name, but avoid generic
names (like “My Site”) or those containing personal
information (such as “Jane Doe’s Backyard”).
Remember that GPS
coordinates must be
in decimal degrees to
a minimum precision
of four, and that
longitude in the
United States will
always be negative.
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Place your site by clicking on the map to generate
GPS coordinates or by entering the GPS coordinates
you collected in the field.
- You can use the orange magnifying glass on the
map to search for an address.
- A black dot will appear at the selected location.
- The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wetlands Inventory layer is included to assist with site location.
Note that not all wetlands are mapped, and that this layer is only visible when zoomed to the city/town level.
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Enter the information that you collected on the FrogWatch USA Site Registration Form in the field in the
“Survey Site Information” section by typing in the boxes and selecting options from the drop-downs.
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When you have finished registering your site, click the “Save Station” button. You will be prompted to save
your site information as an image. It is strongly recommended that you save a copy for your records
and to share with your chapter coordinators.
FrogWatch USA’s online data entry, mapping, and analysis system is powered by FieldScope (frogwatch.fieldscope.org/v3),
a platform developed by the National Geographic Society for citizen science projects like FrogWatch USA.
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Enter Your FrogWatch USA Observation Data
Enter a New Monitoring Observation:
Select your registered site and click “Next” or “Enter Observations”. You will now enter the information you
collected using the FrogWatch USA Observation Datasheet while in the field. Generally, your observation date
should be between Febuary and August. Remember that the FrogWatch USA monitoring protocol requires threeminute observations completed at least 30 minutes after sunset and concluding no later than 1:00 AM.
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Use the calendar tool to select the date of the observation. The single arrows scroll through the months while
the double arrows scroll through the years.
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Enter the following under the “Visit Information” section of the data entry form:
- The start and end time of
your monitoring visits, by
using the arrows or typing
the values. Times default
to PM.
You can view previous
Observations for this site
and flag them for review
if necessary.
- The temperature, by
typing the value taken
during your monitoring visit
in the field. Select
Fahrenheit (°F) or Celsius
(°C). Temperature defaults
to °F.
- The weather conditions
during your monitoring
visit, by typing in the
associated boxes or
selecting options from the
drop-down menus.
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Enter the species and calling intensities heard in the “Frog & Toad Observation” section.
o Type or use the alphabetical list of species in the drop-down list.
o Click the plus (“+”) to enter each additional species heard during a monitoring visit; click the minus (“-”) to
remove a species observation.
o If no species were heard, select “No Species Heard” from the top of the drop-down list, with a
corresponding call intensity of “0 - No Frogs or Toads Can Be Heard Calling”.
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When you are finished entering your observation, click “Save”. You will be prompted to save a copy of your
monitoring observation datasheet as an image. It is strongly recommended that you save a copy for your
records and to share with your chapter coordinators.
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A monitoring observation visit entered by you can be edited at any time. If you want to delete a saved
observation or question data entered by another FrogWatch USA volunteer, you can “Flag” it by checking the
box by the observation date in the right hand window. A pop-up box will prompt you to explain why you have
flagged that observation and your comments will be reviewed by FrogWatch USA.
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Data entry is now complete and you will see the observation date entered in a panel to the right of the form.
Click “+ New Observation” if you want to enter multiple monitoring visit observations to your site at once.
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For a step-by-step demonstration of data entry, please watch the FrogWatch USA Data Entry Tutorial hosted
on the FrogWatch USA YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/frogwatchusa).
FrogWatch USA’s online data entry, mapping, and analysis system is powered by FieldScope (frogwatch.fieldscope.org/v3),
a platform developed by the National Geographic Society for citizen science projects like FrogWatch USA.
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